On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 12:14 +0100, koffiejunkie wrote: > Tinus Nijmeijers wrote: > > I always thought the dvi and analog output were the same signal; how do > > you get X to show something different on both screens? > > Well, by default it is, but if the driver tells it to do something else > it would. > > I'm using two 19" 1280x1024 monitors with one big 2560x1024 desktop > spread over both screens, hooked up to a Radeon 7000 with 32MB RAM. > > The xorg.conf stuff differs from card to card and driver to driver. The > 7000 uses the opensource ati driver (Driver "radeon"). I know nvidia > has their own system (I think it's called "twinview"?) and the ATI's > fglrx driver has another way of doing things too.
I have an nvidia card here, and found a howto concerning twinview (http://www.ublug.org/ubuntu/twinview/twinview-howto-breezy.html). thanks for that one. > If you have the same card (or a 7500 or 9x00) which will work with the > same driver I'll share my xorg.conf and some tips. > I have another machine with a 9x00 (I think), I'd love to see your xorg.conf and some tips. gr. tinus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
